Arsenal’s 2-0 win over
Manchester United shows new manager may already have discovered how to make the most of £72m signingWelcome to the Emirates, Nicolas Pépé. We’ve been expecting you. On a chilly, boisterous night in north
London, Arsenal’s £72m record signing produced a fine attacking performance that was startling in more ways than one.
Startling first of all because Pépé was able to unpick the left side of Manchester United’s defence with such ease that the heavy-legged, heavy-footed, and indeed heavy Luke Shaw looked genuinely lost at times, a single stone Easter Island head planted in the sand, watching on in sombre silence as a game of football took place around him.